{"nrhp_refnum":"01000384","name":"Braselton Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of GA 124 and GA 53","address_restricted":false,"city":"Braselton","county":"Jackson County","state":"GA","lat":34.109191519000035,"lon":-83.76328421065341,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering a large part of the small town of Braselton in Jackson County, northeast Georgia, centered on the crossroads of State Routes 53 and 124. It includes homes, commercial buildings, agricultural and industrial structures, a gymnasium, a cemetery and terraced fields dating from about 1887 into the 1940s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an excellent example of a late-19th and early-20th-century Georgia town founded by one family and sustained by agriculture. It is significant at the state level for architecture, landscape architecture, commerce and industry. The houses, stores, cotton gin, mill and landscaped settings show the town's development under the Braselton family.","narrative":"Braselton, in Jackson County, Georgia, grew around a crossroads where State Routes 53 and 124 meet, and this district preserves much of that early town. Founded and shaped by the Braselton family, it contains 52 contributing resources, including wood-frame and brick homes, attached one-story brick stores, a 1925 gas station, a rolling mill, a cotton gin, cotton compresses and warehouses. Three large Braselton family houses, built in 1910 and 1913, show Colonial Revival and Neoclassical Revival styles. Smaller central hallway, saddlebag and Craftsman dwellings sit in landscaped yards with mature trees. A 1926 gymnasium, a family cemetery founded in 1929 and terraced fields still planted behind the John Braselton House complete the setting. The district was recognized for architecture, landscape architecture, commerce and industry, reflecting a town built on agricultural production between about 1887 and 1951.","period_of_significance":"c.1887-1951","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Neoclassical Revival, Tudor Revival/English Vernacular Revival, Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most historic resources survive and remain in residential, commercial or agricultural use. The W.H. Braselton House serves as city hall and the gymnasium as a flea market. The Braselton High School was demolished, leaving its steps and curb.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.544162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01000384.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000384/c12d01e712-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000384/c12d01e712-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Pruitt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.H._Brasleton_House_-_Braselton_Town_Hall_Oct_2012_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Pruitt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.H._Brasleton_House_-_Braselton_Town_Hall_Oct_2012_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208688","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141769116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/jackson-county/braselton-historic-district-01000384/"}